A success wish should communicate something simple: do your best, we believe in you, and we love you regardless of the outcome. It should not become an opportunity to establish a hierarchy among learners based on their parents' purchasing power.
The President emphasised the need to ensure that economic growth translates into improved household incomes, citing government programmes such as Operation Wealth Creation and the Parish Development Model (PDM).
“Can you have a strong army and a strong and safe country without a strong economy? Can you have a strong defence force and a strong and safe country without cohesive politics? Finally, can you have a strong defence force and a strong and safe country without, in some cases, addressing the issue of geo-strategic location such as being landlocked?” President Museveni asked.
The government will also adopt targeted enforcement, focusing on specific non-compliant landing sites instead of imposing broad fishing bans. Better management of the sector is expected to increase national revenue and foreign exchange earnings.
According to Byanyima, Besigye was once again in detention and had become gravely weakened after months of imprisonment and illness. His case, she said, was not simply about the persecution of one leader, but also served as a warning designed to raise the cost of opposing the government.
“We should associate with a united Africa in the context of the Continental Free Trade Area and other trade partners of our choice, rather than clustering Africa depending on former colonial association,” Museveni said.
“H.E. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni told us, this is ‘Kisanja Hakuna Kulala’, so wake up and wake those slumbering on the job near you. Let us challenge one another where we see complacency. Let us not allow ourselves to settle into comfort or preserve friendships at the expense of performance and progress,” Tumwebaze noted.
Isoke highlighted that the campaign is currently operating in Bunyoro, covering Kiryandongo, Masindi, Buliisa, Hoima and Hoima City, with the broader aim of recovering public resources, strengthening accountability and improving service delivery.